Most plants are entirely export-oriented, and the remainder use their idle capacity as maquiladoras to supply to other factories.
To a large extent that type of strategy adjustment is reflected in the exploding growth experienced by the maquiladoras since the mid-1980s.
State-subsidized training is offered for a certain period of time before final employment in the maquiladora.
The number of maquiladora plants increased from 760 in 1985 to 1,703 in 1990 and to 2,867 in 1998.
Both regions have attracted large number of maquiladora plants that undertake relatively simple assembly of garments and other products for export.
It only includes new investment and importation of fixed assets by the maquiladoras.
The upward trend in maquiladora-exports offset the inability of the rest of the local manufacturing sector to adjust and hence take advantage of the new conditions.
The location of industrial complexes integrated by large high-tech exportoriented automotive and electronics maquiladoras and their numerous suppliers, reveals a preference for north and central-north states.
